Head of Digital Product Engineering
Listed on 2026-07-20
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IT/Tech
IT Project Manager
POSITION SUMMARY
The Zoetis Tech & Digital (ZTD) organization leads Zoetis' digital technology and data analytics strategy to reinvent how we work in a digital world. This role is a senior technology delivery leader responsible for all product-focused engineering across Zoetis digital portfolios, owning end-to-end design, build, operation, and continuous improvement of Zoetis' digital product suite, including veterinary diagnostics platforms, genetic analytics, commercial engagement tools, and research applications.
Leading a large organization, the Head of Digital Product Engineering (DPE) establishes and scales a modern Product Operating Model built on five pillars:
Product & Value Management, Value Stream Engineering, Platform & Enablement, Quality Engineering, and Data & Intelligence. The role defines the Product Engineering strategy, leads vendor relationships and the Zoetis India Capability Center (ZICC) build-out, and delivers measurable cost savings through resource-mix optimization. The Head of DPE benchmarks technology trends and informs modernization priorities, translating opportunities into engineering roadmaps. This is a senior leadership role reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Define and execute the overarching Digital Product Engineering strategy, aligning with Zoetis' digital, data, and technology vision.
Architect and operationalize the Product Operating Model across five pillars:
Product & Value Management, Value Stream Engineering, Platform & Enablement, Quality Engineering, and Data & Intelligence.
Champion the six design principles: product-aligned teams, squads own delivery with chapters standardizing methods, platform speeds delivery, Product Trios at every squad, quality as a first-class function, and "you build it, you run it."
Establish and mature the Chapter Model (FA, UX, Engineering, QE, Agile) and Communities of Practice to drive consistency and knowledge sharing across ARTs.
Stand up governance bodies:
Architecture Review Board (bi-weekly), Quality Gate Council (per release), Delivery Governance Council (weekly), and Portfolio Steering Committee (quarterly).
Continuously benchmark technology trends to refine strategy and modernization sequencing.
Own end-to-end delivery and operations for the full digital product portfolio across PAH and Diagnostics, encompassing 20+ products across four Agile Release Trains.
Ensure each ART operates with a self-contained squad model (Product Owner, UX Designer, Tech Lead, Developers, QA Testers, Scrum Master) of 6-10 FTEs per squad.
Drive PI Planning cadence and execution excellence; maintain velocity, predictability, and flow metrics across ARTs.
Oversee the Delivery Governance Council to validate release plans, change-control gates, and deployment readiness across ARTs.
Accountable for delivery and operations per stakeholder RACI; ensure on-time, on-quality increments.
Implement a three-phase transition roadmap:
Stabilise, Build, and Optimise.
Lead formation and scaling of the DPE organization from ~207 FTEs to ~157 FTEs through strategic resource-mix transformation.
Drive ZICC build-out: grow the India Capability Center from 36 to 70 colleagues, recruiting Engineering Chapter Leads, Senior Engineers, Business Analysts, Dev Ops/SRE, and Data Engineers.
Hire and develop DPE leadership, including Heads of Diagnostics, PAH Genetics, Commercial Products, Research/Engagement & Learning, Architecture & Engineering, QE, and Data Services.
Elevate Quality Engineering to a full L1 pillar with an independent Head of QE reporting to this role.
Establish Chapter Lead roles across five chapters with reporting lines to squad leads for delivery and Chapter Leads for methods.
Execute the 9-week DPE Formation Plan including stakeholder alignment, talent reviews, change management, and SAFe Agile training.
Own vendor management and the ICC build plan, driving resource mix changes from 100 consultants / 36 ICC / 37 FTE to 30 consultants / 70 ICC /…
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